#479AC5#479AC5

#479AC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.103 H 234.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#479AC5
RGB	rgb(71, 154, 197)
HSL	hsl(200, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(200, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 21.8%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.32, -11.93, -29.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.32, 31.95, 248.06°)
OKLab	oklab(65.27% -0.0603 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(65.27% 0.103 234)
XYZ	xyz(24.2283, 28.4795, 57.0327)
Luminance	0.2848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#479AC5 #C57247

analogous

#47C5B1 #479AC5 #475BC5

triadic

#479AC5 #C5479A #9AC547

tetradic

#479AC5 #B147C5 #C57247 #5BC547

square

#479AC5 #B147C5 #C57247 #5BC547

split-complementary

#479AC5 #C5475B #C5B147

monochromatic

#23556F #32789D #479AC5 #76B4D4 #A4CDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#479AC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#479AC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #479AC5

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##479AC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##479AC5	1.00	3.14	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8599C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748CC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #479ac5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 154, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.103 234.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b7d6',
    500: '#479ac5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #479ac5;
$custom-light: #87b7d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#479ac5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.476,
    "s": 52.066,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65273,
    "c": 0.10261,
    "h": 234
  },
  "luminance": 0.28482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#479AC5

secondary

#CFAB99

accent

#7D4CDC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #479AC5

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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